God's plan for our motivation
1 Thessalonians 2:4 Our purpose is to please God, not people. He is the one who examines the motives of our hearts. (Living Translation) This should be our motivation: 1. To please God! 1 Thessalonians 2:4 Our purpose is to please God, not people. 2. To love God! Deuteronomy 6:5 Love the Lord your God…
Let's get real
What is it that motivates you? There are so many things that act as motivating forces of life. Here are just a few: beauty, health, money, power, influence, position, success, title, materialism, control and approval. Let’s take a look at what the Bible says: Ecclesiastes 4:4 Then I observed that most people are motivated to…
What motivates you?
This is the question we all need to ask ourselves. The Bible tells us that God weighs or examines our motives. Proverbs 16:2 All a man’s ways seem innocent to him, but motives are weighed by the Lord. Living Translation: People may be pure in their own eyes, but the Lord examines their motives. If…
Wrong motives block God's answers
This is such a challenging concept. God is so concerned about our motives that if He sees they are not correct it causes a blockage that can make Heaven seem far away. Have you ever prayed and felt like your prayers are bouncing off the ceiling? Perhaps this has got something to do with God’s…
Our motivation matters to God
Our motivation and the motives for why we do things are important to God. God takes note of these motives in our hearts. He examines and He weighs and He exposes these motives. We may think we will get away with it, but God is watching closely. This is not because He wants to catch…
Basic human motivations
There are some basic human motivations. These include the following: security, acceptance and significance. In a sense we are all looking for these three aspects. Security – we want to feel secure. Our actions will move us towards a place of security. We may achieve this through studies in order to provide career security, financial…
The secret aims of our hearts
What motivates you? Things that we are passionate about will be the things that motivate us. Motives are the secret aims or purposes of our hearts. We need to examine and scrutinize those things that motivate us and make sure that they are the right things so that we don’t end up chasing things that…
Change your attitude and change your life
When it comes to our attitude we must constantly look to our example – JESUS. In those moments of choice, we can ask ourselves this question. Next time, before you respond/react ask yourself this question: WHAT WOULD JESUS DO? Philippians 2:5 Let this same attitude and purpose and [humble] mind be in you which was in…
Attitudes and choices
As we mentioned earlier, attitude and choice go hand in hand. We can choose the attitude we would like. In life I have often found, that between an incident and the response or attitude, there is a moment in which a decision is made. This moment is so critical. I have actually developed a lifestyle…
Bad attitudes damage our relationship with God
Our attitude is a very personal and internal aspect to our lives. It is how we are feeling on the inside, as a result of the things that are going on outside. It can also include the position we take in a specific situation. It also includes our mental state, feeling or emotion towards a fact or a…